Nicolas Cage May Play Himself in Comic Book Theft Movie

Back in 2000, Nicolas Cage had his rare Superman comic book stolen. It was eventually discovered last year among the contents of an abandoned storage locker. During an auction, a person bought the locker not knowing that it contained a comic book that he would go on to sell for a record $2.1 million a few months later.

Cage, meanwhile, never had the comic book returned and never saw a dime of the money. But what he may get out of the whole deal is an acting gig since "Night at the Museum" writers Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon have just sold a script based on the story to Lionsgate. And they want Cage to play himself.

In the new movie, called "Action No. 1," a group of nerds attempt to steal Cage's comic book. THR says that it's unlikely that Cage will end up taking the role. The studio is already considering Jason Statham as his replacement.

The guy that bought his local was on Storage Wars (not one of the regulars), he's the 'Ricco Suave' guy (as what's her face called him - big tittay'd chick... Jarrod's wife). And Nic shouldn't have seen a penny of it's sale (although I heard the guy returned the comic to Nic... which sounded fishy at the time, and is a story which doesn't click with this article), because he should of had insurance on it (I'm sure he did). And it was Superman #1 if memory serves.

I like Dave though (I think I'm his only fan). He's had a tough life (who hasn't...), but he's made it, and his 'J.R. Ewing' on the show is a bit of an act. People always remember the villains. Because when they had a couple of episodes with the regulars at the round table talking shop. Dave was pretty decent. His over-the-top sh*t sells that show. Darryl is the whiny bitch on that show. And Jarrod likes to keep Brandi down... such an abusive common law marriage they have on the go. Barry steals every scene he's in.

And yes folks this is on-topic because Nic's comic was bought from a storage locker. Which begs the question... WHY would you default on your locker rent and leave a $2.1 million comic book inside? Did the criminal (who I think knew Cage... same thing happened to a cousin of mine, his collection got ripped off and he insisted it was from a guy he knew) die or go to jail?

It's funny what your mind does to headlines. I read 'Nick Cage plays with himself in comic book movie'. Nick does enjoy superheroes.
If there's a pay cheque attached Nick will do it. I think though it would be better if instead of himself, he played someone else. Maybe his character from Con Air? That was a fun movie.

Statham is a pretty reliable, solid, if repetitive, actor, though he hasn't had another a high-water mark since Snatch, I think. Maybe the Bank Job was another upper-shelf role, but still no Snatchiness to it.

He takes too many roles that are indistinguishable from everything else he's done, so much that he even had a Transporter cameo in Mann's Collateral, which to me says much about his range and depth, or lack thereof.

Regardless, I think it's a mark of Cage's loss of cinematic esteem he not only never retrieved his comic book, but that the film based on it's theft isn't going to him. Seems the universe is running all roads around the dude, and the best he can do now is get hit by traffic.

"Statham is a pretty reliable, solid, if repetitive, actor, though he hasn't had another a high-water mark since Snatch,"

You're dead right there. Considering the close friendship he had with Guy Ritchie, that explains why every single film after that was more crappy since then. And No, he can't be even compared to Charles Bronson. Kelly Brook said that he was as dull as an XBow...

"Kelly Brook has a thing for well-chiseled, famous men, doesn't she? Damn. Well, at least she isn't a gold-digging c*nt like Salma Hayek."

That's because she was only a temporarly WAG! So, under the terms of high class p*ssy, she coudn't be classed as an official gold digger bitch!...Still, Kelly is a bitch to me with a nice pair of hips and with jaws big enough to swallow your d*ck without your consentement...Russians ones are the best for that. The Devil himself created them for that purpouse only to loose your soul...I f*cked them all right but I didn't loose my everything! Bitches.